Packing case



L. l'. M. BIGBY ET AL.

- PACKING 'CASE Filed oct. 19. 1921 2 Sheets-Sheet -2 /NvE/VTORS. Lou/ s [MB/yb] (mf domes fE/l//ve/'k/e ATTO/:WEYS

strips, or bands, ci will constitute protection againstA the boards of the outer part of the ease being eut, or sawn, through, whilst, if the cutting, or sawing, should be attempted, the fact that the ease has been tampeif'ed 'with'will beeome at once Yapparent.

The said-strips, or bands, (Z are arranged in such positions that they cross the lines of Y ythe joints between the boards Z) of th'e'outer part of the ease and therefore also `the line of any out, or sawing, which would be attempted for the purpose oit abstracting any olfgthepontents from the case. The saidV metal. strips, orvbands, el, are preferably not nailed, or otherwise iXed, to the boards, as, by4 leaving them unixed, cutting, or sawrendered still more'diiiicult. lt is prei?V withdrawn i en'dwi'se.

erablethat the ends of the said'strips, or

' bandadshould not Vcome up to the edgesl oit the boards, .wherethey wouldbe exposed at theeXterior of the case, so "as to guard against the said st fips, yor bands@ being To'guardagainst the lid, or cover, (Or other side, or part, of the ease, where the boards 1overlap the edges ot-aiiotherl side.,

orlpart-Q, being prized up and removed, we

providek lprotectors consisting of `strips,-or shortlengths, f of 'metal one end of each of whieh, -(presu ming for example, that the lid, Vorfeover, is beingl so secured) 'is insert' edf,` and secured', by elinchednails, as illustrated` at 03, o rotherwise, between the boards a and b of theinner'andgouter Vparts f ofthe-,sidesot thee-ase from the edges of the said sides against which the lid, or cover,

. abuts wheny in place. i VFigure, 4 showsp'art of"an"upper boarvdfof the vouterfpart ofthe easelfwith an aforesaid strip, Vor short length, secured to-lit, Eaeh of theV said fsftrips, or bands, fris, bent, at'jfz, over the said ledge of the said. :board andV nailed, or screwed, rdown thereto. ,The upstandin g (vfarts oit the said strips, `or bands, v(after the lid, or cover, is putinr place) are turnedu-p over the edges-tasat and a sufcient disV- tanee overthe lid-, orcover, of the case (as i at f4) and. th'eiparts so'fturnedl over are, in

each instance, .nailed through by nails c4 which pass through the lid, and throughV the vpart of. the strip,-or b=an'd',`^f2 (which, as

atoresaichlies overT the edge of thebody of the case)` Yand into the edge of the sides benea-th. The parts f4 of. the stripsyor bands,

i which passV up'V over the edge of the lid, or

' cover, prevent a tooly being ,introducedv so' as c u Q i levering up the 1id,.or cover.

Ifdesired .the eases can be made water-- @fain access to 'the'seeuriiig nails c3 for proof, or dampfprooi', by inserting waterproof, or .damp-proof material, (such as tar lining, foninstanee)between. the .parts of the easej This 'may beetfected, forexample, as showny in-lFig.r 5 which illustrates V,inl,.perspectiye a fragment of a yeasereondista-nee beyond the 'innerboa..Y l

structed in accordance withthis-invention,` having water-proof, or damp-proof, Vmate Y rial 'g between the inner boards a and the outer boards Zi. rlhe Water-proof, Vordampproof material on the sides, top and bottom members oiv the ease project. any :suitable `water-proof, .or dainp-prooi"?, material on the 'end' members project beyond the `outer boards Z) and is bent onto the edges of the said boards as shown at 'g1.,sof that when the side, top and .bottom?members-V are nailed tothe end members, the projecting portions of water-proof, or damp-proof, material onthe sides, top an'dbottom inembers, will lie against lthebentover Yportions o n V the edges ot 'theend'membersv and the pressure caused byl nailing willfA ensure a waterproof, orfdlampV-proof,Sjointj '7: i

vThe jointsvyoi' the. eases injac'eordanee with this invention'will not be rl'iableto open as the arrangement yot fthe boards 'and thenaoresaidway inwhich they aresecured.y

together' will prevent warping.

lIn eonstructingeases in aecordaneelwith this invention-it isprefer'redfto"rst maire ,o

the side, top andibottoin" elements Awithin.- ner and outer boardssecured as aoresaid (with the bands, or strips, Z therebetween and the bands, or strips, f in position) and then seeuring these elements together which j may be effected-:inthe ordinarymanner of case jconstruction'.V

`Although we havedeseribed aioa'se madev with but oneinnerpart, it will be under.

stood that more thanY one inner .parteanfbe Y i boards of the, outerply.

2. A Wooden` packing ease comprising" two'fply walls,'the boards of one ply fhaving their meetingz;v edges extendingfinafdif rection at an angle to the; meeting edges of they boards lof the juxtaposed ply, and. metal straps arranged and freely engaged' bei tween the twoi plies and atyan angle to the meeting edges iof the boards of, Vthe outer ply.

3, A. wooden packing' `case Comprising' twofply walls, the boards Yofxonezply having their meeting edges extendingiiraJ di rection at an angle to the meeting edges of .the boardsofthejuxtaposedply, and metal` straps arrangedbetween the-two plies and at an angle to ,the meeting edges ofitheboards than the width' ofthegwallftransversely to the boards of the outerfply;V Y i 4'. The coi'nbinationwiththe oonstruetiqn .off `the outer ply and .being of Lless length 'i epecified claim 1,*of'meta1corner stray-JS' secured to the'inner facet-0f the outer ply 'of the `Wall and projectingrbeyond the .outer edge of theV Wall to `aiord means for an-V choring the saidrwali to the margin fof the u 'meeting Wall of the boX.

Y 5. The combination with the eonstr'netion y Y Specied in claim l, ofnails driven through both plies yfrom the' inner-face `o'f the 100xVVV wall and clinched' on the Outer face of` said Wa11, together With Water-proong material In. testimony whereof We have ourV` V:r1-ames to 'this specification 'in the presence liliV ofjsubscribin Witnesses. e IVES'MILLER `BIGrBY.

LOUI Y v JAMES ROBERT-MEIKLEX ,Y

5 Witnesses to the' signaturevofLouisIrveS `Miller!Bigby:l Y f.

CHARLEsfPACK,

AHARVEY J. BAVERSTOOK-1 Witnesses to the signature ef Ja es Rob- .'fGr. FLJIA'rorISf` L WALTER. 

